Fresh off its first win of the season, the UMBC Baseball Team looks to build momentum as it heads to Annapolis to face Navy on Tuesday at 3 p.m.

Lat time out, Samuel Downs had another stellar outing on the mound, while Matthew Best blasted his first homer of the season as UMBC split a doubleheader against visiting Monmouth on Sunday. 

The Hawks took the first game, 7-2, before the Retrievers took the night-cap, 2-1.

In game two, Downs went 6.2 innings, allowing just an unearned run while striking out four and walking only one. Nick Remy worked a scoreless ninth for the save

Derek Paris leads the team with a .286 average and 10 walks to one strikeout.


Scouting Navy

• On a Sunday afternoon that saw the Navy baseball team (4-7) fight back to tie the score three different times, the Midshipmen could not do it a fourth time as they dropped the series finale, 8-7, to Iona (2-7) in the 10th inning at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium.
• Despite getting support with a two-run home run from senior Logan Keller and a career-high three hits for junior Jack Finnigan, the Navy pitching could not hold the Gaels in check, as Jayson Gonzalez's three hits and a three-RBI contest by James Kemp propelled Iona to the series win.

UMBC will travel to Texas to take on Lamar this weekend.